The "World Series Winning Pitcher" brought by Lotte Giants when they broke up with the starting pitcher for the opening game last year made its home debut. He has already sprayed fast balls, but there is plenty of room for his speed to go up further.토토사이트

Davison took the mound following starter Park Se-woong in the top of the fifth inning when his team was trailing 1-3 in the opening game of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO exhibition game against the KIA Tigers at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 8th.

Davidson struck out Choi Won-joon with a slider on his way to the mound, and caught a fly ball to the left field by hitting last year's MVP Kim Do-young with a fastball. He also struck out Yoon Do-hyun to end the inning with three outs. The same was true of the sixth inning. He struck out Patrick Wisdom and played outfield flies to Seo Geon-chang and Kim Seok-hwan in succession.

In his first appearance, Davison pitched perfectly against six batters by striking out three during two innings. His maximum fastball speed was 151 kilometers, displaying good condition. Following Na's solo shot in the bottom of the sixth inning, his team scored two runs in the seventh inning to come from behind to win 4-3, securing its first win in an exhibition game.

Davison is a player that Lotte brought in 950,000 U.S. dollars (guaranteed amount of 850,000 dollars and incentives of 100,000 dollars) this season. He broke up with Aaron Wilkerson (36) last year and ranked first in innings (196 ⅔ innings). Since his Major League debut in 2020, he has recorded 4 wins, 10 losses and two saves with an ERA of 5.76 in 56 games (17 starts).

In particular, he won the honor of starting the World Series in 2021 when he was with the Atlanta Braves. He pitched in only four games during the regular season, but achieved quality starts twice (more than six innings as a starter, less than three earned runs). Joining the postseason entry, he started Game 5 against the Houston Astros in the World Series, and experienced a win by winning the game 4-2 with his team.

His career has not been impressive since then, but Lotte has found advantages for Davison. "He has high pitching RBIs, good deception, and he can throw various pitches including fastballs, sliders, curves, and splitters," the club said at the time of signing the contract. In fact, Davison recorded six pitches in Statcast, especially his slitter performance, which is not often thrown by left-handed pitchers, at nearly 20%.

Davidson also showed impressive performance in the spring camp. "Balliance is good. He has the capacity to beat batters," Lotte coach Kim Tae-hyung said. "He threw a lot of pitches to see if he had strength in two games," Kim said. "If you throw it, you will feel it yourself. If you do that, you will get better."

After taking the mound, Davison said, "It was so nice to be able to throw in front of fans," expressing his feelings about throwing the ball for the first time in Korea. "I liked everything about the ball and the speed," he said. "I still want to think like a spring camp and keep raising it." "I think it's been about eight months since I threw the ball in front of such a large crowd," Davison, who threw at Sajik Baseball Stadium for the first time since signing the contract, said with a smile. "So it was so nice."

When Davidson was in the U.S., his ball speed dropped steadily. It was 93.1 miles (149.8 kilometers) on average in 2022, but it decreased to 91.4 miles (147.1 kilometers) in the following year. Still, he proved his pitching capability by throwing more than 150 kilometers even though it was still early March. "I want it to be like that (when it gets warm), and my goal is to reach 153 to 154 kilometers per hour," he said. "I will work harder to achieve this."

It was his first time pitching in an unfamiliar environment, but Davidson showed good pitching. "I'm unfamiliar with cheering (from the audience), but I don't think it'll be a big problem," Davidson said. "It's my first time playing in the stadium, and I think I can definitely adjust to it after some time." On Korea's cheering culture, he expressed satisfaction, saying, "I think we should bring it to the U.S. as well."

Finally, Davison said, "The spring camp is over, and I've now confirmed my good pitching through my first exhibition game," adding, "It's important to keep taking good results, and I'll cherish every game and throw hard every inning."